Lights! Camera! Action!
Bring on the birds!
Everywhere I look, birds are migrating, dating, mating or procreating. The colors are bright. The sounds are loud. Daily bird dramas are developing right before our eyes.

While the folks in the northeastern United States endured a February mega-snowstorm, bird lovers on coastal Georgia have been treated to a different type of snow event - no shovels needed. Just bring your binoculars, camera or spotting scope.

This count's for you! Everyone, from the average person who just likes to watch a few birds in the yard to the hard-core birdwatcher, is invited to spend as little as 15 minutes watching birds any time from Feb. 15-18.

Find a body of water in the Lowcountry, and at this time of year, you are likely to find something with feathers floating on it.
It might be a coot, a gallinule, a loon, a grebe or a cormorant. Then again, it just might be a duck.

We humans have a lot to think about as we approach the New Year. There are resolutions to make, year-end tax strategies to consider, parties to plan and football games to watch.
For birds, life is less complex.